The Osmosis version CZ & other impro stories

improvising (ob)sessions at Potrvá on Saturday, March 3 presents The Osmosis: Rodrigo Reijers, Cyrille Oswald, Petr Zelenka - zpěv, kytara, flétny, saxofon, mougongo, dulcimer, perkuse, didgeridoo a mnoho dalších nástrojů. Když moderní improvizátoři potkají Bwiti, může nastat neočekávaná reakce. Připravte se na bizarní, neslýchaný zvuk Osmosis, neo-archaických strážců hranic z Nizozemí, kteří nyní navázali psychické spojení s českými mystickými mistry zvuku. Pouze pro odvážné posluchače s dobrým a upřímným srdcem.



New impro releases / free downloads: Tembryo (Filip Černý - electric guitar, Jan Faix - no-input cassette players, Jan Kyncl - tenor sax), Count Portmon  (Jan Faix - no-input cassette players). Count Portmon album will be launched at next wakushoppu at Café v lese on Thursday, March 8.


 

TOP 7 excerpt remind

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:My Top 7 albums of CZ jazz & impro 2o1o:
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TOMÁŠ HOBZEK - Stick It Out (Animal Music)
Cyrille Oswald – tenor sax, Dan Tepfer - piano, Tomáš Liška - double bass, Tomáš Hobzek - drums.
When i listened to this album first i forgot completely that was made near Prague. And adventure keeps continuing with Tomáš, Tomáš and Cyrille ~ i dont know Dan much yet. Overall feeling is much like smart modern acoustic jazz, not without intuition. Watch them.

ONDŘEJ ŠTVERÁČEK QUARTET - What's Outside (Cube-Metier)
Ondřej Štveráček - tenor sax, Ondrej Krajňák - piano, Tomáš Baroš - double bass, Marián Ševčík - drums, Radek Němejc - percussion on Three For Kate, Africa and Get Out Of Town.
Keep meeting Ondřej since years ago, when he played middle period Coltrane almost exclusively. Since then, he found ideal bandmates in Slovakia. His first project as a leader is, no wonder, traneing in straight ahead ;b  Central piece of the album is famous Africa, not to mention beautiful ballads. Once, at Jazz Černošice, Ondřej's quartet used Luboš Šrámek on electric keyboard instead of Ondrej K on acoustic, and it was a different kind of blue. 
Otherwise, these guys  are funniest partners at the bar after the show and did also Jazz at Prague Castle live album (Multisonic 2o11), which has one major minus ~ it is too short.


TEMBRYO (Fluidum Records)
Jan Faix - piano, synths; Filip Černý - guitar, live electronics; Jan Kyncl - tenor sax.
Released as free mp3 download and limited edition on USB key in 1o pcs of originally designed big safety matches boxes. 
First class european free improvisation in more acoustic setting than are their actual performances. Try it ;;;

VOJTĚCH PROCHÁZKA TRiO - Amoeba's Dance (Animal Music) 
Vojtěch Procházka - piano; Adrian Fiskum Myhr - double bass; Tore T. Sandbakken - drums.

Trio launched during Vojta's studies in Oslo with former schoolmates. Original compositions plus pieces by Herbie Nichols, Kurt Weill, Paul Motian and Ornette Coleman. On their concerts, they are actually mostly improvising, as you can hear on Procházka's MySpace. And this albums has one of most enjoyable cover arts in Animal Music catalogue.

POiNTS (Animal Music) 
Luboš Soukup - tenor and soprano saxes, clarinet, vocal; Miroslav Hloucal - trumpet and flugelhorn, kalimba; Tomáš Liška - double bass; Tomáš Hobzek – drums and percussion. Guests: Petr Kalfus - alto and soprano saxes; Marcel Bárta – bass clarinet; Jan Jirucha Jr. – trombone; Dorota Barová - vocal; Milan Cimfe - percussion.

I also like their live album from Jazz Getxo (Errabal 2oo9) 


Original post here ~~

~ electric or acoustic possesions ?

www.fluidumrecords.cz/tembryo - free album download

bandzone.cz/tembryo - live excerpts, videos, pics

http://www.golemclub.cz/

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Helou ~ Ve středu 15. června zahrají na Wakushoppu dvě dua vzešlá z řad vynikajícího improvizačního sexteta IQ+1. Na závěr patrně opět dojde k fúzi. Koná se opět V lese, vstup opět zdarma.

Vystoupí Jana Kneschke (elektrické housle, FX) & Michal Zbořil (modulární analogový syntezátor Korg MS20, FX) plus Petr Vrba (trubky, klarinet, objekty, FX) & Miroslav Posejpal (cello, sampler, FX).

Děkujeme všem, kteří se na Wakushoppu přišli podívat, jakož i účinkujícím, bylo to fešné jaro: a program na "školní rok" 2011 / 2012 se již chystá! (Zájemci o hraní, hlaste se!)

best regards, Wakushoppu ~ wakushoppu.blogspot.com

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TODD CLOUSER'S A LOVE ELECTRiC

Todd Clouser - guitar (http://www.toddclouser.com/)

Mark Aanderud - piano (http://www.markaanderud.com/)

Adam Meckler - trumpet (http://www.adammeckler.com/)

Chris Bates - bass

Greg Schutte - drums

"It’s jazz and the blues; it’s funk and old-school 70s rock; its good, damn good music. Turn it on and turn it up." ~ Michael J. Bultman, Thewaster.com

http://www.jazzdock.cz/

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Sat June 25, 8PM

Improvising (ob)sessions

Music from NOW

Kytarista Petr Zelenka, flétnista Rodrigo Parejo, saxofonista Marcel Bárta, kontrabasista Vlado Micenko a bubeník Tomáš Hobzek se sejdou, aby společně prozkoumali zvukový vesmír vyvěrající z přítomného okamžiku. Kromě svých nástrojů si vezmou na pomoc pár kouzelných talismanů, vidliček, hrnců, vrtaček, písklátek, bublifuků, objektů nalezených na smetišti a hraček ze svého dětství. Čeká vás jedinečná performance vynesená na světlo z temnoty zkušeben, kde tito muzikanti doposud tajně holdovali svým skrytým obsesím. V průběhu večera muzikanty vystřídají přátelé a kolegové a provedou vás na cestách po různých kontinentech, pod zem i na jiné planety.

vstupné: zdarma

http://www.potrva.cz/

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+ my photos & some videos from the past +

McCoy Tyner Quartet at Prague Castle, Wakushoppu 0.3 in Café v lese & more

This week starts with quartet of longtime John Coltrane sideman, pianist McCOY TYNER (with Gary Bartz - alto sax, Gerald Cannon - double bass, Eric Gravatt - drums; update - on drums was Francisco Mela and Bartz played also curved soprano. Highlight for me was Tyner's ballad Search For Peace, last piece before encore. I believe concert video will be soon available at jazznahrade.cz under Zaznamy z koncertu flag) in palatial Spanish Hall of Prague Castle on Monday, April 11. On Tuesday, there is great postbop quartet of virtuoso tenor saxophonist Ondřej Štveráček at Jazz Dock (with his Slovak bandmates Ondrej Krajňák - p, Tomáš Baroš - db, and Marián Ševčík - dr), who released very fine album What's Outside (Cube-Metier) last year, and Swiss CHRISTPH STIEFEL INNER LANGUAGE TRIO at Jazz Time same day. Electric jazz Swedish THE STONER with Czech guitar prodigy DAVID DORŮŽKA will play at Divadlo 29 in Pardubice on Wednesday, at Prague Jazz Dock for next two days and at JAZZFEST BRNO, which is going into full flow, on Saturday.

On Wednesday, April 13, there is also quartet of black American singer CARLA COOK at Jazz Time, where Jazz Meets World series continues next evening with voice acrobat from Cameroon GINO SITSON and his French/American quartet featuring Lonnie Plaxico on bass. Same days, Wed/Thu, at Lucerna Music Bar will appear bands of American guitarists MIKE STERN and DEAN BROWN as part of AghRTA Prague Jazz Festival. Saturday concerts include TIRTHA - pianist Vijay Iyer's Indian trio with guitarist Prasanna and tabla player Nitin Mitta at Jazz Time, and duo of German singer and celtic harp player NADIA BIRKENSTOCK with Prague based Welsh percussionist and metal sculptor STEVE HUBBACK at K4 club. 

Not enough?
At Café v lese in Prague district Vršovice you can witness evening entitled Wakushoppu 0.3 with free improvisers TEMBRYO (free album download here) and K!amm / PelikáN on Wednesday 13th. Next week will happen launch concerts of brand new album Metamorphosis (Animal Music) by VERTIGO sextet (formerly Vertigo Quintet and then Vertigo Quintet & Dorota Barová) at Jazz Dock. Speaking about METAMORPHOSIS, if you will be around Pardubice on Friday, international quartet of the same name will present their 'contaminated chamber music' at Divadlo 29. Their latest two albums were released by renowned freejazz label Leo Records and band is offering 7 tracks from them for free download.

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